Official sources here today quoted ULFA western unit women's wing leader Minati Sutradhar alias Nizara Medhi as stating that the militants were undergoing intensive training on detonation of improvised explosive devises (IED), and were instructed to remain prepared for any situation during the hustings.

Minati made the confessions during interrogation by the BSF. She was recently apprehended along with two others in Bongaigaon district.